Abstract The Industrial Internet of Things uses intelligent sensors to collect the physical
properties of objects placed on a large area. It provides innovative service and network …

The IEEE 802.15. 4 standard is a widely adopted standard for low power wireless personal
area networks. It defines several medium access control layer functionalities including …

Using low duty-cycle is the most common technique to extend the system lifetime in WSNs.
However, it also implies limited throughput and long delay and the penalty is even higher …

In emerging business markets, the data is becoming new gold for the industries. There are
several places such as marketing, manufacturing, and analysis of future trends becoming …

The exponential rise in the demands of the wireless communication system has alarmed
industries to achieve more efficient and quality‐of‐service (QoS) centric wireless …

We propose a novel dynamic common-control-channel-based medium access control
(DCCC-MAC) protocol for cellular (centralized) cognitive radio (CR) networks. Specifically …

Wireless networks have become a very attractive solution for soft real-time data transport in
the industry. For such technologies to carry real-time traffic, reliable bounds on end-to-end …

Advances in energy harvesting technologies and ultra low-power computing and
communication devices are enabling the realization of environmentally-powered wireless …

Efficient MAC protocols are fundamental to conserve energy and enable sustainable delay-
tolerant sensor networks (DTSNs). They can be explored to reduce energy consumption …

Smart parking, allowing drivers to access parking information through their smart-phone, is
proposed to ease drivers' pain. We first spotlight the manner to collect parking information by …